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The five platonic solids.
In 1596 Kepler had argued that these 'solid figures' could be inserted inside one another to form the distance relationships that separate the six planetary spheres (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn). This idea played an essential part in his conception of celestial harmony.
Author: Johannes Kepler
Title: Harmonices mundi [The harmony of the world] (Linz, 1619)
Shelfmark: D.1.35
Provenance: One of a set of Kepler volumes left to Queens’ by John Smith
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